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Irish Cream Cupcakes with Coffee Frosting

Now I am not in any way Irish, but growing up my mom would always do something to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. We’d have green eggs and ham and she’d always add green food coloring to the milk and tell us that the Leprechaun came to visit. Now that I am older and no longer live at home, we don’t really do anything like that but with St. Patrick’s Day quickly approaching, I thought I would make a dessert for the occasion. In an effort to avoid eating all of what I made, I figured that I should probably make something that was easy to give away so I decided to make some cupcakes. When trying to determine what flavor to make I thought to myself “I love a hot cup of coffee with a splash of Irish cream so why not make that into a dessert?” The results were delicious.

Thanks Michelle! I don’t have a piping bag but I put the frosting into a plastic bag, snipped off the end and used that. I had never tried it before but it seemed to work pretty well. :)

http://watkinslynn.typepad.com/pages_pucks_and_pantry/ Mrs. L

I have to laugh because I too, have leftover Bailey’s Cream Cheese frosting! I think these cupcakes would work perfect (not to mention use up part of this huge bottle of Bailey’s I now have in my fridge!)

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haha Mrs. L, I am beginning to think that I need to make some of this Bailey’s frosting! I too have a huge bottle in my fridge, time to get creative! :)

haha wow. Thank you Deb! I am so surprised I didn’t catch that. Making the correction now :)

Mary

I made these and they were FABULOUS!!! My friends DEVOURED them, including one friend who insisted “I’m not a big fan of cake or cupcakes” – HE HAD TWO!! THANKS!

Karen

Oh my gosh, these were SOOO good! I debated using a chocolate cake mix instead of yellow, but I decided to follow the recipe, and I’m so glad I did. The texture of the cupcakes was light & springy, and the flavor was fantastic! I added a teaspoon or two of instant coffee to the cake batter just to help enhance the Irish cream flavor. I also made an amazing Irish cream frosting/filling that I injected into the cupcakes; then I iced the cupcakes with some leftover cream cheese buttercream mixed with the remaining Irish Cream frosting. WOW! By the way, I piped the icing on the cupcakes using a parchment bag that was striped with Kelly green gel color. The effect was very pretty & just perfect for St. Patrick’s Day. Needless to say, I will be making these every St. Patrick’s Day from now on. Thank you so much for posting this recipe! :)

Do you use “regular” or “instant” chocolate pudding mix?
Is the “super moist” cake mix, one with “pudding” already in the mix?
I baked these with a super moist pudding in the mix cake mix and instant pudding.
They were a little dense but DELICIOUS.
Maybe I underbaked them or maybe I used the wrong combination of ingredients???

http://www.lifesambrosia.com Deseree

Hi Kathy- I’m glad you liked them! I use an instant pudding and Betty Crocker super moist cake mix that has the pudding in it. My cupcakes were a little dense too but I like them that way. You could try baking them for a little bit longer to see if your results change. Thanks for your comment! :)

Kathy

Thanks for the info. I liked the dense moist texture, too but I didn’t know if that was the way they were “supposed” to be.
But since everyone LOVED them, that ‘s what matters !
We loved the Chocolate Carmel Kiss cocktail, too!
We’ll be trying more of your recipes….thank you for sharing.

Hi, I’m making the Irish Cream Cupcakes for St. Paddy’s. I am a little confused. Your recipe shows 1 teaspoon of vanilla before the butter cream frosting begins. I’ve always put vanilla in my butter cream frosting…….so is the vanilla supposed to go in both or just the cupcakes?

http://www.lifesambrosia.com/ Deseree

Linny- I used the vanilla in just the cupcakes. I didn’t want to add anymore liquid since I used the coffee. If you like your frosting more with vanilla, add a 1/2 teaspoon or so and work your way up from there. Hope this helps!

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